"Drag and drop this icon" in url bar -- How to display icon on my site?

The message "Drag and drop this icon to create a link to this page"
appears in the top left corner of the address window of many sites. For
instance, Google's site shows a "G" in the address window.

How do I create my own icon to display in the address bar on my site?

Thanks.

Bob Jones wrote:

The message "Drag and drop this icon to create a link to this page"
appears in the top left corner of the address window of many sites. For
instance, Google's site shows a "G" in the address window.

How do I create my own icon to display in the address bar on my site?

Thanks.

If you mean a favicon (the icon that appears on the favorites menu when
the page is added) then create a standard 16x16 icon and name it as
'favicon.ico'. Put this in the root directory of your site.

If you mean a favicon (the icon that appears on the favorites menu when
the page is added) then create a standard 16x16 icon and name it as
'favicon.ico'. Put this in the root directory of your site.

Thanks, Brendan. That's what I was looking for. We should note that you
should save your favicon in GIF format and include the following in the
HEAD portion of your site pages:

<link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

Bob Jones wrote:

Thanks, Brendan. That's what I was looking for. We should note that you
should save your favicon in GIF format

For it to work in all browsers (particularly IE) it needs to be saved in
the (windows?) icon format created by programs such as Any to Icon -
http://www.aha-soft.com/anytoicon/. Firefox will render just about
anything as a favicon, however some browsers are a little more picky.